Chapter 9: The Mountain Village Female Ghost

  If the days go by so quietly, it will soon be calm and peaceful, and Lu Bing can return home, although secretly, but much better than not being able to see his parents at all.

  But Lu Bing was getting impatient, his martial arts skills had stopped improving and there wasn't much to gain from discussing military tactics with Meng Lin. He decided to teach Meng Lin about the Three Dimensional Warfare of Land, Sea and Air, but Meng Lin's mouth was wide open in confusion, he didn't understand a thing, and instead patted Lu Bing's head, asking if he had a fever.

  Lu Bing just arrived in the Ming Dynasty and thought everything was novel, but now he feels a bit bored. He misses his life with computers and TVs. If only he could bring modern things to ancient times, that would be great. But soon Lu Bing realized this idea wasn't feasible - even if he brought them here, they wouldn't work without electricity, internet or signal.

  Lu Bing was walking on the main street, now he has grown taller, about 1.85 meters tall, standing among the crowd, he can't help but stand out a bit, with an air of elegance and heroism emanating from within. Moreover, his appearance is that of a handsome young man with broad shoulders and a straight back, although his martial arts skills are superb, he speaks in a refined and elegant manner, instantly becoming the idol of the young women in Dongqiao Town. Even many people came to propose marriage, but fortunately, there was Xia Dade, this roughneck, who repeatedly refused them, which made Lu Bing feel somewhat relieved, as he did not want to get married so early.

  Passersby saw Lu Bing, and they all nodded to him, calling out "Third Master". Why did they call him Third Master? Firstly, Meng Lin, Xia Dade and Lu Bing had already sworn brotherhood, with Meng Lin being the eldest, Xia Dade being the second brother, so naturally Lu Bing became the third master. Moreover, Lu Bing was also famous far and near as Lu San Dao, so it was only natural that he was called by this name.

  Lu Bing was chivalrous and righteous, but he didn't take credit for himself. He generously donated money to help the poor and rescue the weak, and got along well with the common people, so everyone was willing to greet him and considered it an honor to know Lu Bing.

  Just walking along, suddenly saw a person wearing mourning attire and a hat made of grass on his head, crying softly. Lu Bing walked over, and the people around him said: "Hey, isn't this Third Master?"

  "Brother, you're being polite, what's going on?" Lu Bing asked.

  "This girl and her father went to seek refuge with relatives, but halfway there, her father fell ill. After spending all their money on medicine and treatment, her father passed away, leaving this poor girl behind. Alas, what a pitiful person! She had no choice but to sell herself into servitude to raise money for her father's funeral."

  Lu Bing nodded, looked down and saw that the girl had written a few lines of neat small characters. At first glance, it was clear that she had received good education. Looking at her face again, he suddenly understood why no one wanted to buy her even for 15 taels of silver. The girl's face was covered with dust, and on her dusty cheek, there was a large birthmark.

  Who would buy this portrait and take it home? A poor man wouldn't mind, but he doesn't have that much silver either. This isn't a big place, even if there are kind people, they don't have that much money. There were quite a few copper coins thrown beside the girl, apparently someone couldn't bear to see her situation and gave her some assistance.

  Lu Bingshan's heart was moved, and he felt that there were only ten taels of silver in his bosom. He then said to the person beside him, "Who can lend me five taels of silver? I will go home and fetch it back to repay you immediately. Today, I didn't bring so much silver when I went out."

  Everyone took out their money, and San Ye was able to borrow from them. It's a blessing that he can repay it immediately, and even if he doesn't, it's still a great fortune to have made friends with San Ye. In the future, they won't be afraid of any local tyrants or villains, just mentioning San Ye's name will scare them away.

  The girl heard that Lu Biao wanted to borrow money to buy her, and she couldn't help but raise her head to look at Lu Biao. Although it was only a glance, Lu Biao's body still shook. The girl's eyes were like a calm lake, really beautiful, and her facial features were also very good-looking. If not for the birthmark on her face, she would be a stunning beauty who could topple cities.

  "Go and bury your father, condolences to you. " As he stood up and was about to leave, the girl said: "Please stay, little brother, you bought me, I'll go with you. Leave me an address, I'll find you."

  Lu Biao couldn't help but laugh and cry as he said, "Really, no need, I'm not even married yet, and now I'm just temporarily living in someone else's house. I can neither accommodate you nor make use of your services, so let's part ways here, goodbye."

  The girl quickly caught up, following Lu Bing all the way. The crowd couldn't help but shake their heads, thinking that Third Master was in trouble now. It's fine if she's pretty, but with such a large birthmark on her face... tsk, tsk, tsk, the crowd couldn't help but click their tongues repeatedly.

  Lu Bing's speed was not to be underestimated, he ran for his life and finally shook off the girl. He circled back several times to Xia Dade's house, where Xia Dade was lifting a stone lock with his bare shoulders. Seeing Lu Bing rush in frantically, he was perplexed and asked: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Why are you so flustered?"

  Lu Bing picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, his throat was almost on fire from running just now. Before he finished drinking, he heard the sound of knocking at the door, Xia Dade went to open the door in the front yard. After a while, Xia Dade shouted loudly: "Third brother, third sister is here!"

  Lu Biao spat out a mouthful of water and coughed repeatedly, saying: "I'm not even married yet, what younger brother and sister."

  Xia Dade led in a girl with eyebrows like lotus flowers and high cheekbones, Xia Dade said: "Third brother, this is where you are wrong, how can you have such a beautiful wife and not tell your second brother?"

  "What are you talking about, Second Brother? I don't even know this girl." Lu Bing said with a bow, "May I ask the young lady's name and who she is looking for?"

  "My name is Yang Feiyan, I'm the one you're looking for. I didn't say I was your wife, I'm your person. You just bought me, so marrying me or making me a concubine is all up to you." The girl said without any shyness.

  Lu Biao almost popped his eyes out, but looking at her eyebrows and eyes, it was indeed the same girl from just now. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "It's you!"

  "Exactly!" Yang Feiyan replied.

  Lu Bing was stunned for a while before saying: "You just weren't..."

  "I deliberately put a red dye on my face as a birthmark, just to find a kind-hearted person. You bought me without any evil intentions, purely out of kindness and a desire to help. You are the kind-hearted person I was looking for, since you've bought me, I am now your person. I couldn't catch up with you, so I asked others and found out that you're quite famous, and indeed a chivalrous hero. That's why I came here asking for directions, fortunately, this town isn't big." Yang Feiyan said.

  Lu Bing's tongue was tied, thinking that if he were in modern society, he would still be in school age. Looking at the girl, she wasn't very old either, how could they talk about marriage? However, the girl was indeed beautiful and charming, Lu Bing was also a young man with a strong temperament, couldn't help but feel moved. But Lu Bing still said: "This is too rash, I'm not prepared yet, besides, I'm just borrowing my second brother's house, it's very inconvenient..."

  "No big deal, Third Brother, you can marry this girl, and Second Brother will even give up the main room for you," Xia Dade hastily said, and then leaned in close to Lu Bing's ear and whispered: "An opportunity like this won't come again, such a good girl and you don't want her? You're stupid. As they say, 'A chance lost is a sin', hmmm... This isn't something Second Brother should be saying, tut tut tut, let's just forget I said it. Anyway, if you marry her, that's settled, otherwise she can just be your concubine, after all, you've already bought her, what else can't you do? You agree, Third Brother?"

  Lu Bing's face turned red and his ears were burning, but he could only agree to it.

  Lu Bing arranged Yang Feiyan to a side room, and after he lay down that night, he felt even stranger. This era was relatively feudal, Xiao Hui hadn't received much education, and even at times of life and death, she would only hug him tightly without saying anything too mushy. But this girl, judging from the words she wrote during the day, had clearly received a good education, so why did she come up with such fiery words like "you're mine"?

  It's abnormal, so it must be a demon. Could it be that this girl has an ulterior motive? Lu Bing thought of a saying he had heard while traveling the world: some powerful thieves would find a beautiful female leader and use various methods to enter the mansion, then collaborate inside and out to kill people and set fires. Had such a thing happened to him? But even if Xia Dade was wealthy, it wasn't worth going to so much trouble. After all, Dongqiao Town was a small place, where could there be such thieves? And with many people, a direct confrontation would be enough to win.

  Lu Bing couldn't sleep, thinking about it. Suddenly, he heard footsteps outside the door. He got out of bed and quietly opened the window to look outside. He saw Yang Feiyan push open the side room door and sneak out, then she turned her body and jumped over the wall like a dried radish being pulled out. Lu Bing was stunned, and suddenly understood why she was called Yang Feiyan - she was actually a female thief.

  Lu Biao decided to follow and take a look, now that the situation is like this, it's certain that they are inviting wolves into their home. He wanted to see what Yang Feiyan was planning. Lu Biao held his strong martial arts skills and wasn't too worried, originally just following, so he didn't even bring a knife, turned around and got out of bed, put on his shoes, and quietly followed out. Yang Feiyan walked not too quickly, occasionally turning her head to look back, making it more obvious that she had a guilty conscience, fortunately Lu Biao wasn't discovered.

  They followed all the way to the west side of the town, in front of a land temple at the foot of a mountain. The land temple had been abandoned and was overgrown with weeds, broken and dilapidated. Lu Bing couldn't help but shiver, thinking that such places were usually haunted by ghosts, and his mind conjured up images of rural corpses and village monsters.

  The girl's figure suddenly shook and disappeared, Lu Bing was shocked in his heart, feeling a burst of hair standing on end behind him. Could it be that this girl wasn't a human being, but some kind of thing transformed, specially luring himself here to harm him.

  With this in mind, Lu Bingmeng felt a sense of retreat and wanted to turn around and leave. Tomorrow, if he met the girl again, he would drive her out of the house, but tonight he had to inform his second brother, Xia Dade, to be more careful. Before he could even turn around, a hand was already on Lu Bing's shoulder, with a slightly cold aura emanating from it. Lu Bing was startled and let out a loud cry, swinging his fist back to strike.